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The Tomb of Aurangzeb [2] is located in Khuldabad, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. In notable contrast to other Mughal tombs, which are large monuments of Mughal architecture , including the Taj Mahal , at his own direction Aurangzeb is buried in an unmarked grave [ 3 ] at the complex of the dargah or shrine of Sheikh Zainuddin .
The Bibi Ka Maqbara (English: "Tomb of the Lady" [1] [2]) is a tomb located in the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra.It was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's son, Prince Azam Shah, in the memory of his mother Dilras Banu Begum (posthumously known as Rabia-ul-Durrani).
Aurangzeb had his allied brother Prince Murad Baksh held for murder, judged and then executed. [65] Aurangzeb was accused of poisoning his imprisoned nephew Sulaiman Shikoh. [66] Having secured his position, Aurangzeb confined his frail father at the Agra Fort but did not mistreat him. Shah Jahan was cared for by Jahanara and died in 1666. [60]
The Execution of Sambhaji was a significant event in 17th-century Deccan India, where the second Maratha King was put to death by order of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.The conflicts between the Mughals and the Deccan Sultanates, which resulted in the downfall of the Sultanates, paved the way for tensions between the Marathas and the Mughals.
When Aurangzeb made Aurangabad his capital, there were 54 suburbs which were walled in the city itself, the chief of these were Begumpura and Aurangpura. During Khan Jahan's second viceroyalty, Aurangzeb built a wall around the city in 1682, to protect it from the incursions of the Marathas ; and in 1696 he erected a similar fortified wall for ...
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The emperor favoured the eldest, Dara Shikoh, However, there was resentment among the younger three, who sought at various times to strengthen alliances between themselves and against Dara. [1] Since there was no Mughal tradition of hierarchy , the systematic passing of rule, upon an emperor's death, to his eldest son. [2]
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